SERAP In The News
1. Probe Bundu waterfront shootings Amnesty Int’l, SERAP urge FG, Rivers
Published: Tuesday 12, October 2010.
Amnesty International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday, asked the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Rivers State Governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi to “urgently set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the excessive use of force and firearms by security forces, which resulted in at least one death, and 12 serious injuries in Bundu Waterfront, Port Harcourt, last year.
2. SERAP launches report on integrity at the magistrates’ courts
Published: Thursday, 26 August 2010
SERAP launched a new report recommending a 14-point action for improving ethics and integrity at the magistrates’ courts in Lagos State.
4. IBB threatens to sue SERAP over Okigbo report
Published: Tuesday August 10, 2010.
The drama surrounding the alleged Pius Okigbo panel’s report on the $12.4 billion oil windfall took another dimension Tuesday as former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), threatened to sue Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) for attempting to damage his reputation.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/ibb-threatens-to-sue-serap-over-okigbo-report/
5.$12.4BN GULF WINDFALL: GO TO COURT, SERAP DARES IBB
Published: Thursday August 12, 2010.
Human rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, on Wednesday dared former head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), to drag it to court for seeking the release of the Pius Okigbo panel’s report on the $12.4bn Gulf oil windfall.
http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/generaltopics/?p=58837
6. Nigerians dying of poverty —SERAP
Published: Saturday, 02 October 2010
As Nigeria marks fifty years of independence, a civil society group Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed concern that, “The extravagant celebration of the country’s fifty years of independence is diverting attention away from the reality that extreme poverty ‘kills’ tens of thousands of Nigerians yearly, and our government seems helpless to do anything about it.”
7. Darfur: SERAP, others task Yar‘Adua over expulsion of aid agencies
Published: Thursday 9, April 2009
Amnesty International and 12 Nigerian civil society groups on Wednesday asked President Umaru Yar‘Adua to take a strong position on Sudan following the expulsion of humanitarian aid agencies from Darfur and attacks on human rights defenders in the country.
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200904093313453
8. Amnesty, SERAP Petitions Jonathan, Amaechi Over Port Harcourt Killing
Published: October 11, 2010.
ABUJA, Oct 11, (THEWILL) – Amnesty International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) today asked President Goodluck Jonathan and the Rivers State Governor Mr Rotimi Amaechi to “urgently set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the excessive use of force and firearms by security forces that resulted in at least one death, and 12 serious injuries at Bundu waterfront, Port Harcourt, last year. http://thewillnigeria.com/general/6186-Amnesty-SERAP-Petitions-Jonathan-Amaechi-Over-Port-Harcourt-Killing.html
9.SERAP Seeks Probe Of Lawmakers
Published: Wednesday June 23, 2010.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has added its voice to the call for a probe of the alleged misappropriation of funds by the leadership of the House of Representatives. In a letter sent to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Emmanuel Ayoola, SERAP asked the anti-corruption agency to probe the alleged N9 billion expended on cars between 2009 and 2010 by the leadership of the House.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/06/23/serap-seeks-probe-of-lawmakers%E2%80%94eromosele-ebhomele/
11.SERAP sues Yar’Adua, Aondoakaa over spending of N600b recovered loot
Published: Tuesday 26, January 2010.
The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua; the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice; Accountant-General of the Federation and the Auditor-General of the Federation to the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged failure to provide information on the spending of recovered stolen public funds.
12.Amnesty, SERAP demand justice for Bundu waterfront killing
Published: Monday 11, October 2010
Amnesty International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Monday asked the federal government and the Rivers State Governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi to urgently set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the excessive use of force and firearms by security forces that resulted in at least one death, and 12 serious injuries at Bundu waterfront, Port Harcourt last year
http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=23319&cat=Local
13. Stop Nigeria from executing 870 death row prisoners, SERAP tells African Commission Published: Friday 25, June 2010.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Honourable Commissioner Reine Alapini- Gansou to stop the Federal Government and the governors of the 36 states of the Federation from executing more than 800 prisoners on death row across Nigerian prisons as a means of decongesting the prisons.
14. Darfur: SERAP, others task Yar‘Adua over expulsion of aid agencies
Published: Friday 9, April 2009.
Amnesty International and 12 Nigerian civil society groups on Wednesday asked President Umaru Yar‘Adua to take a strong position on Sudan following the expulsion of humanitarian aid agencies from Darfur and attacks on human rights defenders in the country.
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200904093313453
15. SERAP, CDHR, others ask Yar’Adua to order arrest of Omar al Bashir
Published: Monday 25, October 2010.
Four civil society organizations, Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP), Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) and Partnership for Justice (PFJ) have asked President Umaru Yar’Adua to use his “position and leadership to ensure the immediate arrest of President Omar al Bashir of Sudan, who is expected to attend the forthcoming African Union Peace and Security Council meeting on Darfur in Abuja, starting 29 October 2009.
16: SERAP DEMANDS BABANGIDA’S PROSECUTION
Published: Thursday 8, April 2010 .
A group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has set an agenda for the new Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN). It wants immediate implementation of the Dr. Pius Okigbo Panel report on the $12.4bn earned by Nigeria from crude oil sales during the 1991 Gulf War with a view to prosecuting Gen. Ibrahim Babangida who was then a military president.
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvprint/17744/4/serap-demands-babangidas-prosecution.html
17 : Jos crisis: Nigeria risks global sanctions …SERAP calls for UN commission
Published: Friday 19, March 2010.
Nations Security Council over the recurring killings in Jos, Plateau State, unless urgent steps are taken to end the violence.
http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20100319438015
